Just fooling around! Tell me what you think!!!

[carmelnap]

Hey everyone,

Sorry I haven't been around as much but had to focus on school. I am in business school and working full time and they were both kicking my butt. But now class is over for now and I finally have some down time. Yippee. So today I was fooling around in PSE!

Tell me what you think!

http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/30/justinebw3sx.th.jpg (http://img490.imageshack.us/my.php?image=justinebw3sx.jpg)

You will need to click on it to see the full effect.

This is my goddaughter. Just 2 weeks and a couple days old. Isn't she precious :)

Also I just got this book: Fun with Photoshop Elements 3 Foto fakery for everyone. It looks very interesting. I can't wait to try some of the techniques in there. Thanksgiving can't come soon enough for me. More time for photography and photoshop elements.

Tawana:)

[Wendy]

Hi Tawana ...

Oh that is lovely and she is just so beautiful :)

I haven't come across that book before and would be intertested to see what you think of it as I am always on the lookout for new books.

By the way ... It really is a great effect how did you do it.


Wendy

[Mary]

The baby is gorgeous - how did you do that? I wonder how it would look if the baby's face was the original and everything else as you have it now. Kind of like our selective color tutorial...:confused: :)

[lindajay]

An awesome image, and a beautiful baby! (My first grandbaby, a girl, is due in less than one month!)

--Linda

[Wendy]

Linda ...

Is it only a month to go now. It doesn't seem like 5 minutes since you first found out the good news :)

What date is the baby due??


Wendy

[wombat2]

Awsome photo, my 6th Granddaughter is due the end of January.
Can"t wait!!!!!!!!!!http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/images/icons/icon10.gifhttp://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

[lindajay]

Thanks, Wendy, for the interest in "our" baby. She's due Dec. 21. I can hardly wait. We don't live close by, so I'll be making pilgrimages to be with her every so often. My son and daughter-in-law went to a halloween party this year, and her costume was perfect for a quite pregnant lady . . . she was a sunny-side-up egg! And her pooched out tummy was the yolk! I saw the picture and roared with laughter!

--Linda

[Wendy]

Linda ...

Do keep us up to date with the news ... not long to go now :)

Oh the costunme is such a funny idea, I bet the photo was great !!


Wendy

[carmelnap]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I am going to try the picture with J's face as the original. As o how i did it. Lets see.


the original photo is in color, so:

1. reduce color noise
2. turn to b&W photo
3. crop the photo
4. add noise (kind of reduntdant, I know but it worked)
5. then I add the Paint daub filter
6. and texturizer filter (canvas)

for step 4,5 and 6 adjust the settings to your satisfaction.

and that is my photo.

Tawana

[carmelnap]

The baby is gorgeous - how did you do that? I wonder how it would look if the baby's face was the original and everything else as you have it now. Kind of like our selective color tutorial...:confused: :)

Mary that was a good idea, although I had to tone down the color because it was extreme take a look:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4238/justinebw28dm.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=justinebw28dm.jpg)


Tawana

[Mary]

Tawana that is absolutely GORGEOUS!! That is a magazine glamorous baby! I am a pushover for babies but when you photograph one that beautifully you have to be proud as can be.

Congratulations again - do something marvelous to share that with the parents! :)

[carmelnap]

Tawana that is absolutely GORGEOUS!! That is a magazine glamorous baby! I am a pushover for babies but when you photograph one that beautifully you have to be proud as can be.

Congratulations again - do something marvelous to share that with the parents! :)

Oh I definitely am, I am making her birth announcements and I think I am going to give them a 8x10 matted picture too.

I love to photograph babies. They are the best subject :)